Comments on: Iraq: ‘Shock & Awe’ Continues Even After Five Years… http://themoderatevoice.com/17016/iraq-shock-awe-continues-even-after-five-years/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:30:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: StockBoySF http://themoderatevoice.com/17016/iraq-shock-awe-continues-even-after-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-126482 StockBoySF Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:36:43 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/americas-n-s/america/usa/17016/iraq-shock-awe-continues-even-after-five-years/#comment-126482 Why don't we just carpet bomb Iraq in one fell swoop, rather than piecemeal? Once we do that we can go in, take the oil and do whatever else it is that Bush wants. Oh, yeah. Install military bases along the Iraqi-Iranian border and put some minuteman silos there. Why don't we just carpet bomb Iraq in one fell swoop, rather than piecemeal? Once we do that we can go in, take the oil and do whatever else it is that Bush wants. Oh, yeah. Install military bases along the Iraqi-Iranian border and put some minuteman silos there.

]]> By: elrod http://themoderatevoice.com/17016/iraq-shock-awe-continues-even-after-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-126481 elrod Sat, 12 Jan 2008 03:36:08 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/americas-n-s/america/usa/17016/iraq-shock-awe-continues-even-after-five-years/#comment-126481 Destroy that city as a warning to others? That worked wonders for building hearts and minds, huh? Air power is devastatingly idiotic tool in counterinsurgency. I'm shocked that General Petraeus would elect to use it, knowing that it would make his "turn them to our side" strategy impossible. Overbearing force is precisely would extended the life of the insurgency. The smartest thing Petraeus did was send soldiers into villages and convince the people that were their friends. It generated enough trust to support the anti-AQI Awakening Councils. The Diyala strategy seems designed to prevent the creation of Awakening Councils. And I'm sure AQI is laughing away up in Mosul. Destroy that city as a warning to others? That worked wonders for building hearts and minds, huh? Air power is devastatingly idiotic tool in counterinsurgency. I'm shocked that General Petraeus would elect to use it, knowing that it would make his “turn them to our side” strategy impossible. Overbearing force is precisely would extended the life of the insurgency. The smartest thing Petraeus did was send soldiers into villages and convince the people that were their friends. It generated enough trust to support the anti-AQI Awakening Councils. The Diyala strategy seems designed to prevent the creation of Awakening Councils. And I'm sure AQI is laughing away up in Mosul.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/17016/iraq-shock-awe-continues-even-after-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-126480 DLS Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:47:03 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/americas-n-s/america/usa/17016/iraq-shock-awe-continues-even-after-five-years/#comment-126480 It's not "shock and awe" and shouldn't be described that way.<br><br>As far as air strikes are concerned, they're no substitute for controlling things on the ground by ground forces, but are justified where there is a threat. And if you recall what happened to Americans in Fallujah years ago, the obvious thing to have been done at that time was to remove all other Americans and completely destroy that city as a warning to others. It's not “shock and awe” and shouldn't be described that way.

As far as air strikes are concerned, they're no substitute for controlling things on the ground by ground forces, but are justified where there is a threat. And if you recall what happened to Americans in Fallujah years ago, the obvious thing to have been done at that time was to remove all other Americans and completely destroy that city as a warning to others.

]]> By: SteveK http://themoderatevoice.com/17016/iraq-shock-awe-continues-even-after-five-years/comment-page-1/#comment-126479 SteveK Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:34:02 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/americas-n-s/america/usa/17016/iraq-shock-awe-continues-even-after-five-years/#comment-126479 It's criminal and it's insane... Maybe they're doing it like this so they can plea of "criminal insanity".<br><br>Meanwhile - The major <i>'News Stories'</i> out of Iraq today are about Anbar [sp] Provence being returned to Iraqi rule... sometime, somehow, someday. <br><br>What an obscene atrocity! It's criminal and it's insane… Maybe they're doing it like this so they can plea of “criminal insanity”.

Meanwhile – The major 'News Stories' out of Iraq today are about Anbar [sp] Provence being returned to Iraqi rule… sometime, somehow, someday.

What an obscene atrocity!

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